Nýra
Old Norse Dictionary - nýra
Meaning of Old Norse word "nýra"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word nýra can mean:nýra
- nýra
- n., pl. nýru, gen. nýrna; [Scot. neirs; Germ. nieren; Dan. nyre; Gr. νεφρός]:—the kidneys, Stj. 310, passim: poët., haf-nýra, a pearl, Lex. poët.
- nýra
- COMPDS: nýrnamör, nýrnaverkr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)